I realize the whole point of employing ASM in an enterprise environment would be to alleviate the need for third-party LVMs and data management at the OS level.
Still, I wonder if there is a way around the raw disk requirement for using ASM-- not in a production environment, but for the purpose of getting aquainted with its benefits and intricacies, and running through its procedures without impacting a live enviromnent (and to save the time and expense of additional hardware installation.
I have read about an "undocumented" ASM parameter called ASM_ALLOW_ONLY_RAW_DISKS, which, when set to FALSE, would allow me to do what I need to do without additional disks:
Unfortunately (but not surprisingly), this hasn't worked for me thus far. Has anyone had any luck with this parameter in a WinXP environment?
Any ideas on what _might_ work toward reaching this end would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
John
Still, I wonder if there is a way around the raw disk requirement for using ASM-- not in a production environment, but for the purpose of getting aquainted with its benefits and intricacies, and running through its procedures without impacting a live enviromnent (and to save the time and expense of additional hardware installation.
I have read about an "undocumented" ASM parameter called ASM_ALLOW_ONLY_RAW_DISKS, which, when set to FALSE, would allow me to do what I need to do without additional disks:
Unfortunately (but not surprisingly), this hasn't worked for me thus far. Has anyone had any luck with this parameter in a WinXP environment?
Any ideas on what _might_ work toward reaching this end would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
John